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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Granny transform into upon interacting with Cutangle?

2. When the books fly off the shelves in the library, what happens to the floor?

3. After what event is Simon still not awake and lying in the infirmary?

4. When Granny encounters hunters, what do they turn out to be?

5. While a blurring force comes through and kills the creatures Gander is afraid of, what is Esk able to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Treatle's caravan arrives?

2. What happens to the traveling caravan party three days after they leave Zemphis?

3. What does Granny transform herself into to deflect Cutangle's attacks?

4. When Esk fights with the Things, what does she realize about their bodies?

5. How does Granny enter the University and what does she find?

6. Who is traveling with Master Treatle?

7. What does Esk ask the man who is counting tobacco and what does he tell her?

8. How is the wizard apprentice process different in Esk and Simon's time from previously?

9. Who is in charge of the laundry operations and where does this person live?

10. Who are the inhabitants of the Shades?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The wizards are trained at "Unseen University." What is implied by the use of this title? What is so special about being a wizard? What can a wizard do that a witch cannot? Describe.

Essay Topic 2

When Esk goes to the university, she is not immediately accepted because wizards are male. She faces institutionalized discrimination. What is institutionalized discrimination? How is it portrayed in "Equal Rites"? How does the author Terry Pratchett lampoon the institution of higher learning? Describe.

Essay Topic 3

Gender is an issue that is frequently debated, discussed, and described in this book. How is gender portrayed through the characters of Esk, Granny, Cutangle, Mr. Treatle, Simon, and Mrs. Whitlow? What stereotypes or cultural or societal views are reinforced, questioned, or rejected? Explain.

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